Get asset
You can retrieve the metadata of an asset by specifying its assetId.
HTTP method and URL path
https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /assets/{assetId}This operation is rate limited to 100 requests per minute for each user of your integration.
Authentication and authorization
This endpoint requires a valid access token that acts on behalf of a user.
Scopes
The access token must have all the following scopes (permissions):
asset:read
Header parameters
Path parameters
assetIdstringThe ID of the asset.
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/assets/{assetId} endpoint:
curl --request GET 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}' \--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}'
const fetch = require("node-fetch");fetch("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}", {method: "GET",headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer {token}",},}).then(async (response) => {const data = await response.json();console.log(data);}).catch(err => console.error(err));
import java.io.IOException;import java.net.URI;import java.net.http.*;public class ApiExample {public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder().uri(URI.create("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}")).header("Authorization", "Bearer {token}").method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody()).build();HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request,HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());System.out.println(response.body());}}
import requestsheaders = {"Authorization": "Bearer {token}"}response = requests.get("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}",headers=headers)print(response.json())
using System.Net.Http;var client = new HttpClient();var request = new HttpRequestMessage{Method = HttpMethod.Get,RequestUri = new Uri("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}"),Headers ={{ "Authorization", "Bearer {token}" },},};using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request)){response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();Console.WriteLine(body);};
package mainimport ("fmt""io""net/http")func main() {url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}"req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {token}")res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)defer res.Body.Close()body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)fmt.Println(string(body))}
$curl = curl_init();curl_setopt_array($curl, array(CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}",CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Authorization: Bearer {token}',),));$response = curl_exec($curl);$err = curl_error($curl);curl_close($curl);if (empty($err)) {echo $response;} else {echo "Error: " . $err;}
require 'net/http'require 'uri'url = URI('https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}')http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)http.use_ssl = truerequest = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {token}'response = http.request(request)puts response.read_body
Success response
If successful, the endpoint returns a 200 response with a JSON body with the following parameters:
assetAssetThe asset object, which contains metadata about the asset.
typestringType of an asset.
Available values:
imagevideo
idstringThe ID of the asset.
namestringThe name of the asset.
created_atintegerWhen the asset was added to Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
updated_atintegerWhen the asset was last updated in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
ownerTeamUserSummaryMetadata for the user, consisting of the User ID and Team ID.
user_idstringThe ID of the user.
team_idstringThe ID of the user's Canva Team.
thumbnailThumbnailA thumbnail image representing the object.
widthintegerThe width of the thumbnail image in pixels.
heightintegerThe height of the thumbnail image in pixels.
urlstringA URL for retrieving the thumbnail image. This URL expires after 15 minutes. This URL includes a query string that's required for retrieving the thumbnail.
import_statusImportStatusThe import status of the asset.
statestringState of the import job for an uploaded asset.
Available values:
failedin_progresssuccess
errorImportErrorIf the import fails, this object provides details about the error.
messagestringA human-readable description of what went wrong.
codestringA short string indicating why the upload failed. This field can be used to handle errors programmatically.
Available values:
file_too_bigimport_failed
Example response
{"asset": {"type": "image","id": "Msd59349ff","name": "My Awesome Upload","tags": ["image","holiday","best day ever"],"created_at": 1377396000,"updated_at": 1692928800,"owner": {"user_id": "auDAbliZ2rQNNOsUl5OLu","team_id": "Oi2RJILTrKk0KRhRUZozX"},"thumbnail": {"width": 595,"height": 335,"url": "https://document-export.canva.com/Vczz9/zF9vzVtdADc/2/thumbnail/0001.png?<query-string>"}}}